Your favorite ancillary Ryobi tools?

[roofdweller49]

Ryobi makes so many little odd ball tools. Which ones are actually worthwhile? Anyone actually regularly use the cordless soldering iron or glue gun?

 

[signcrafter]

Ryobi makes so many little odd ball tools. Which ones are actually worthwhile? Anyone actually regularly use the cordless soldering iron or glue gun?

No experience with ryobi but I use my milwaukee soldering iron all the time. A cordless glue gun would be handy if it works.

 

[mikester]

Not exactly a tool but I have a bunch of their LED lights. Tall adjustable work light, a few of the area lights and even a spotlight. Theyve all been used during storms. Very handy to have around. They last quite a while with the 18V batteries. Used to use the spotlight in the back yard all the time until my daughter bought me a tactical flashlight. 3000 lumens light up a big area. LOL

 

[P0234]

The one that gets used the most in our house is the stick vac.

 

[Crazyjake8493]

The only two Ryobi tools I have are the glue gun and their hedge trimmer. I love the glue gun, use that more than I thought I would both in the house and garage. I still have an old corded glue gun somewhere, but I always hesitated to use it because I had to plug it in somewhere.

The Ryobi soldering iron looks cool, but I've never used one myself. I used to do a lot more soldering when I tinkered with guitars, but now I do very little soldering unless I'm fixing a circuit board on something at work. And that's always with a butane soldering iron.

I have a lot of Milwaukee stuff but their soldering iron was a huge miss - it's way too big.

 

[Kurt4440]

I have more than a few Ryobi tools at the house. If we are talking ancillary items, the illuminated magnifying lens works well. Of course this depends somewhat on age.


Yes, I did use the word depends on purpose while describing age related vision loss.

 

[mikester]

The only two Ryobi tools I have are the glue gun and their hedge trimmer. I love the glue gun, use that more than I thought I would both in the house and garage. I still have an old corded glue gun somewhere, but I always hesitated to use it because I had to plug it in somewhere.

The Ryobi soldering iron looks cool, but I've never used one myself. I used to do a lot more soldering when I tinkered with guitars, but now I do very little soldering unless I'm fixing a circuit board on something at work. And that's always with a butane soldering iron.

I have a lot of Milwaukee stuff but their soldering iron was a huge miss - it's way too big.

Thats another one I like using. The hedge trimmer. Easy to use, trims everything with a single battery and nice that the handle has a couple of positions. Much easier than pulling around the extension cord.

 

[rslaback]

My favorite so far has been the heat gun but I do use the soldering iron quite a bit as well. I actually just got the extendable lopper trimmer delivered this past week so that I can prune our apple trees. It might be my new favorite but it is awful heavy in the head.

 

[Crazyjake8493]

Thats another one I like using. The hedge trimmer. Easy to use, trims everything with a single battery and nice that the handle has a couple of positions. Much easier than pulling around the extension cord.

I use both the hedge trimmer and the glue gun with my Milwaukee batteries using an adapter. The Milwaukee hedge trimmer was almost $200 and the Ryobi was $50 and works just fine for me, so I went that route. Already had the adapter from the glue gun.

 

[rktinc]

I have a few Ryobi tools that were gifts. They are quite robust. I have worn out a couple drills but replaced them from Ebay stock for half the price. I regard them as throw away tools and they have served me well.

 

[Jgaz]

I use their blower and hedge trimmer around my small AZ yard.

I also have three different kinds of LED Ryobi lights including a couple of small table top lights that are excellent for use in a tent while car camping.

Their hand Vaccum has also worked well for me I use it all the time around the shop when I don’t want to move the shop vac

 

[redmondjp]

Echoing the others above, I absolutely love the P790 hybrid LED worklight. Home Despot sells them, but they aren't stocked with the rest of the tools - they are way in the back of the store with the other worklights in the electrical section (??? - they would sell 25x more of them if they were up front with the rest of the Ryobi tools).

I liked my first one so much that I bought two more. I don't use corded work lights any longer unless I am doing an extended project on a vehicle and I string one up underneath the hood.

Oh, one great feature (that I always forget about) on these: if your battery goes dead, it can be plugged into an extension cord, hence the "hybrid" in the name. I always have plenty of Ryobi batteries around so it really isn't an issue for me.

 

[Steve_P]

I have the cordless hedge trimmer and small carry shop vac. I've only used the hedge trimmer once and it works fine. I've used the vacuum a bunch and LOVE it and wish I bought one years ago. It's so handy to use for vacuuming the vehicles and for small jobs.

 

[SweetD]

I don't know if it's considered ancillary, but the Ryobi spotlight Model# PCL661B is great.

 

[BTL-A4]

I got a flashlight with a kit. Didn't think I'd use it as much as I do, but I really like it.

This one: https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ONE-18V-Cordless-LED-Light-Tool-Only-PCL660B/316630704

 

[mikester]

Echoing the others above, I absolutely love the P790 hybrid LED worklight. Home Despot sells them, but they aren't stocked with the rest of the tools - they are way in the back of the store with the other worklights in the electrical section (??? - they would sell 25x more of them if they were up front with the rest of the Ryobi tools).

I liked my first one so much that I bought two more. I don't use corded work lights any longer unless I am doing an extended project on a vehicle and I string one up underneath the hood.

Oh, one great feature (that I always forget about) on these: if your battery goes dead, it can be plugged into an extension cord, hence the "hybrid" in the name. I always have plenty of Ryobi batteries around so it really isn't an issue for me.

I think youre right about selling more of the P790s if they were in the tool area. I just happened to spot them when I was in the electrical dept. I use that light all the time in the garage. The small area lights also get a decent amount of use. I liked them so much I bought a couple for my son to keep around the house. He's just starting out. Started buying tools for around the house. He picked up one of the 18V drills that came with two batteries so he has them for the lights if needed.

 

[TailGunner3000]

I'm sure if they still make this, but I personally love there:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S2TLY1J/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Jgaz]

Yup, P790 @direct tools when they have a 30% (or more) sale on factory blemished stock.
Hard to beat.
I wish they still had a store in AZ. Ship to store was free.

 

[Jgaz]

I'm sure if they still make this, but I personally love there:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S2TLY1J/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I just bought one of these as a HD return. $29

 

[Bulldog13]

Ryobi makes so many little odd ball tools. Which ones are actually worthwhile? Anyone actually regularly use the cordless soldering iron or glue gun?

I use my Ryobi glue gun a lot…zero problems and no cord

 

[Digster]

I have these and find all really handy for my use... the 1 gal sprayer, chalk gun, hand router and the blower. Just added the oscillating tool recently for some flooring I had to do.....no complaints with Ryobi for Home Owner stuff, anything more than that not so sure about.

 

[SouthVA]

I have one of their battery powered pole saws. It works great.
The only thing I’d add to it is a convenient place to store the double size allen key that‘s needed to adjust the chain tension.

 

[bluedog225]

The chainsaws are pretty handy.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

This is the most used of all of my Ryobi. So versatile.

 

[californiamilleghia]

I have a 120watt converter to 110v , also has 2 USB ports

Used it Saturday to charge a couple phones while camping

 

[gfd_703]

My wife has a full complement of Ryobi yard tools and all have worked well for her except the chainsaw, it just doesn't have the chain speed needed to cut very well. She likes them over my Milwaukee yard tools because they are generally lighter and smaller. She also has several odd tools she uses for home repairs and craft projects, again smaller and lighter than Milwaukee and normally less powerful which is a negative for me but a plus for her as less power makes the tool easier to control for her. She has both glue guns and uses both often. She likes lights and fans enough to have multiples. Her latest is the cordless pruner, she loves that thing. It gets the bigger limbs that the hedge trimmer won't cut. My 90 year old mother will use her Ryobi blower on her porch steps and the string trimmer in the flower bed beside the porch, we do have to change batteries for her as she just can't get them out. The small light works well for her and cuts down on the batteries she was going through in her bed side flashlight.

 

[Aaron_W]

Not sure what you are going for ancillary, I would assume things like lights or one of those work radios in which case none, although that illuminated magnifying glass just made it onto my radar.

If you were angling more towards oddball tools, I'll recommend their cordless caulking gun. I literally bought it as a joke when my Dad was helping me put a new tin roof on the carport. Love that thing, I will never again use one of the hand squeeze types again. Got it on sale for $39, a much better deal than Milwaukee's $160.

I'm still mostly a cord guy but I have accumulated a fair number of Ryobi cordless tools. Hedge trimmer, weed wacker, chainsaw, caulking gun, hand held shop vac (dust buster style). I'll probably pick up one of those cut off tools Always floored shows in the post above, and I've had my eye on their cordless nail gun. I have several pneumatic nail guns and staplers but a cordless seems like it would be nice for small quick jobs not worth the trouble of setting up air.

The Ryobi stuff does a good job for me as affordable, decent quality cordless tools for light to moderate jobs around the house.

 

[rslaback]

Oh! I almost forgot. My kids like the free sprayers that Direct Tools was throwing in just about every order in 2021. Take the atomizers out of the nozzles and you have battery powered 20+foot squirt guns.

 

[Matt018888]

I got a couple of free Ryobi tools from home Depot for free because I spend so much there, the Drill/driver are horrible but this Dremel thing rocks.

 

[zendriver]

2 gallon sprayer and caulking gun

 

[WisJim]

The Ryobi stick vac we got was useless, the attachments fell out in use and HD screwed us when I returned it.

 

[autobon7]

Only have 1 Ryobi tool and use it to clean headlights using the soft round pads.

 

[roofdweller49]

Ryobi has a jump starter now. Expensive, though compared to a dedicated jump pack.

I use the cheap pistol grip air inflator a lot and I wonder if the box shape one is a notable improvement

 

[CGarage]

The glue gun is awesome!

 

[Matt018888]

The glue gun is awesome!

I wanted to try that, as a tile contractor we rely heavily on hot glue guns to set ornate trim tiles.

 

[CGarage]

I wanted to try that, as a tile contractor we rely heavily on hot glue guns to set ornate trim tiles.

It is a great item!
I also have my German Steinel glue guns and like those as well.

 

[SweetD]

Ryobi has a jump starter now. Expensive, though compared to a dedicated jump pack.

I use the cheap pistol grip air inflator a lot and I wonder if the box shape one is a notable improvement

I have the box-shaped one. I had the first gen unit and it eventually failed after several years. Got the second gen currently and it's improved. The display is more robust. Works well for both high-volume and high-pressure air options.

 

[VolvoRyan]

Latest Ryobi tool here is the 12" HP chainsaw. Got a bunch of post-storm cleanup done with a half-charged 4ah battery.

I love Ryobi for homeowner stuff.

-Ryan

 

[rslaback]

Does anyone besides me have only ancillary stuff from Ryobi? I've amassed a sizable collection of niche stuff but no drills, saws or impact drivers.

 

[SweetD]

I have a sh!tload of Ryobi 18v cordless stuff. A sample of everything really. For me, as a DIY/homeowner/tinkerer, it serves its purpose well as a "value" brand. I have never had a problem with any of my Ryobi stuff breaking down. I buy a lot of it from their outlet store online.